FINALISTS - 2023
THE BATHTUB
Spain/ Drama / 19 mins.
Ramon Riera is taking a well-deserved bath when his cell phone suddenly rings. On the other side of the line is Clara, a phone solicitor who won’t take no for an answer.
IT'S OK TO SAY NO
Norway/ Drama / 15 mins.
16 year old Jane is surrounded by sexual pressure from social media, TV-shows and her “friends” from school. She has to choose between social ruin and protecting her wishes.
BOUND
USA / Drama / 3 mins.
Leaving his ancestral home, Mantas confronts his childhood trauma in an attempt to cope with his own mortality.
A MOST EXQUISITE MAN
ESTONIA/ Animation / 15 mins.
There exists a most exquisite man, or at least the world that surrounds him, labels and sees him as such. He has fantastic abilities and incomprehensible talent, he could even be called a genius, yet something within him is restless.
THE UNIFORM
USA / DRAMA / 18 mins.
An exploration of the desperate need for basic human connection in an ever-fragmenting world.
OUR MALES AND OUR FEMALES
Jordan / Drama / 11 mins.
A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased grown child when religion clashes with reality
WILD SUMMON
U.K. / Documentary / 14 mins.
Music legend Marianne Faithfull narrates this natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form.
CUCKOO!
Netherlands / Comedy / 7 mins.
Inside a cuckoo clock lives a lonely man. Every hour he is catapulted out of his tiny house to yell ‘Cuckoo!’